My solidity function returns a transaction hash and not a uint

Question

My function keeps returning a transaction hash but it is supposed to return a uint. I call it as a function in the console sale.priceOfEther(). im using solidity 0.5.0 and ganache.

    function priceOfEther() public view returns (uint256){
    uint256 maxTokenPrice = WEI_DECIMALS.div(100).mul(7); //max price $0.07 USD per token multiplied by wei early to avoid truncation by division.
    uint256 minTokenPrice = WEI_DECIMALS.div(1000).mul(7); //min price $0.007 USD per token multiplied by wei early to avoid truncation by division.
    uint256 minWeiPerToken = minTokenPrice.div(ethUSD);
    uint256 maxWeiPerToken = maxTokenPrice.div(ethUSD);
    uint256 increments = (maxWeiPerToken.sub(minWeiPerToken)).div(AVG_NUM_INVESTORS); 
    price = minWeiPerToken.add(increments.mul(count));
    if (price > maxWeiPerToken) {
        price = maxWeiPerToken;
    }
    assert(price != 0);        
    return price;
}

this is what is returned in the truffle console

{ tx: '0x8c3c2b4979117f380a7f6d39fd6f46e3566436ada25b5048ecaaef40743f5586',
  receipt: 
   { transactionHash: '0x8c3c2b4979117f380a7f6d39fd6f46e3566436ada25b5048ecaaef40743f5586',
     transactionIndex: 0,
     blockHash: '0xc3410bdede3bb7afe8889065dc8089a48d7e1285c63e7c43a205bd33d7cc0884',
     blockNumber: 11,
     from: '0x3f32e6ca9e7f433d0f5dea6b1024d3b0768e2dbf',
     to: '0x6bab62d945dfe3c862caf9a3b59c6c435f3de1d4',
     gasUsed: 50007,
     cumulativeGasUsed: 50007,
     contractAddress: null,
     logs: [],
     status: true,
     logsBloom: '0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
     rawLogs: [] },
  logs: [] }

lnglobal lnglobal · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-17T05:45:05

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votes

If the function is view it must return the integer, try pure modifier or use string.

My solidity function returns a transaction hash and not a uint

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